Country founded on the notion that only people fit for self government should be granted citizenship o Immigration act of 1790-all free white persons could become citizens o This allowed Catholics, Irish and Jews to obtain citizenship Allowed massive immigration from Eastern and Central Europe Granted Irish a status that they hadnt enjoyed before Asians could work here but not become citizens Native Americans had, and still have a separate system Not until the 1 4h amendment of 1868 did blacks become citizens ."Nativist"movement focused on notions of race o Employed anthropology as racist ethnologerse o Worried that America was becoming too o Concerned that the new immigrants were not racial fit for self government Race notions tested by Asian immigrants o Argued that their skin color was lighter than some Sicilian immigrants and therefore they were more closely related to the pure white racial stock Creation of eugenics o Trying to create optimal breading for desired traits o(Picture of eugenics tree) Idea of creating a better racial stock o Lead to Immigration act of 1924-excluded all but northern Europeans Contemporaneous with these racist notions, some people were developing anti-racial Franz boas- founder of American Cultural Anthropology argued against the of race o Created the term "cultural relativism o Found that people were not different because of their biology, but because of their culture o Used this idea to argue that there is no cultural hierarch o But he was involved in arguing that Jews were part of the white race WEB DuBois- socialist and activis o Brown ys. board of Education cited dubois and boaz as evidence that Blacks could succeed in education if given the chance Civil rights movement mobilized anthropology to its cause Lead to 1965 Immigration Act- Ended race oriented quotas for immigration Immigrants were accepted based on o Skill o family reunification o Refugee status · Created notion of“ model minority Increased Asian, African and Caribbean immigration• Country founded on the notion that only people “fit for self government” should be granted citizenship. o Immigration act of 1790 – all free white persons could become citizens o This allowed Catholics, Irish and Jews to obtain citizenship ƒ Allowed massive immigration from Eastern and Central Europe ƒ Granted Irish a status that they hadn’t enjoyed before ƒ Asians could work here but not become citizens ƒ Native Americans had, and still have, a separate system • Not until the 14h amendment of 1868 did blacks become citizens • “Nativist” movement focused on notions of race o Worried that America was becoming too diverse o Employed anthropology as racist ethnology o Concerned that the new immigrants were not racial fit for self government • Race notions tested by Asian immigrants o Argued that their skin color was lighter than some Sicilian immigrants and therefore they were more closely related to the pure white racial stock. • Creation of Eugenics o Trying to create optimal breading for desired traits o (Picture of eugenics tree) Idea of creating a better racial stock o Lead to Immigration act of 1924 – excluded all but northern Europeans Contemporaneous with these racist notions, some people were developing anti-racial ideas • Franz Boas – founder of American Cultural Anthropology argued against the notions of race o Created the term “cultural relativism” o Found that people were not different because of their biology, but because of their culture o Used this idea to argue that there is no cultural hierarchy o But he was involved in arguing that Jews were part of the white race • WEB DuBois – socialist and activist o Brown vs. Board of Education cited DuBois and Boaz as evidence that Blacks could succeed in education if given the chance. • Civil rights movement mobilized anthropology to its cause • Lead to 1965 Immigration Act – Ended race oriented quotas for immigration • Immigrants were accepted based on o Skill o Family reunification o Refugee status • Created notion of “model minority” • Increased Asian, African and Caribbean immigration